The El Paso Municipal Employees Association, which opposes City Charter amendments in advertisements in today's election, has not reported its political expenditures with the Texas Ethics Commission.

At least one other organization, We the People of El Paso, a specific-purpose committee, has not filed a current campaign finance report. We the People of El Paso did submit one report at the 30-day deadline.

The El Paso Municipal Employees Association has not filed a campaign finance report in the past six months. The association has run at least one advertisement on the El Paso Times' website encouraging voters to vote against the City Charter amendments. It has also endorsed candidates in the mayoral and city representative races.

A leader of the association said he would look into the matter, but he did not offer any more details.

A group that has a principal purpose of accepting political contributions or making political expenditures is required by law to turn in a campaign finance report to the state ethics commission, said Tim Sorrells, general counsel and director of the Enforcement Division for the Texas Ethics Commission.

The El Paso Municipal Employees Association, among other activities, "initiates, endorses and supports legislation in the interest of City employees and the public encouraging voters to vote against the city propositions," according to a news release on the organization's website.

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One advertisement that appeared on the El Paso Times website and encouraged voters to not support the proposition says "political ad paid for by El Paso Municipal Employees Association."

Sorrells said that even if the organization is not a political one, if it makes any type of campaign expenditure or contribution of more than $100, it is required to file a direct campaign expenditure report. Sorrells said the association did not file a direct campaign expenditure report.

Cecilia Uebel, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, declined to reveal how much the association paid for the advertisements, citing company policy. She confirmed that the expenditure was more than $100.

David Ochoa, a trustee-retiree for the El Paso Municipal Employees Association, said he would have to check with someone else in the organization about the campaign finance reports but did respond to telephone calls.

In November, the association gave $1,500 to the No Bonds for Billionaires political action committee, which opposed the quality-of-life bonds that voters heavily approved.

No campaign finance reports were turned in by the El Paso Municipal Employees Association.

A search on the Texas Ethics Commission website turned up no results for the El Paso Municipal Employees Association.

James Armstrong, organizer of We the People of El Paso, said he did not file a report yet because he was still learning the system.

"I'm just chalking it up to being a novice," said Armstrong, who said he has never done this before. "But it will be in."

The deadline was a week ago.

Fines are a possibility for not submitting reports on time, Sorrells said.

Several associations that have been active in this election cycle have turned in campaign finance reports to the state, including the El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association, the Women's Political Action Committee of El Paso and the El Paso County Sheriff's Officers Association.

Evan Mohl may be reached at emohl@elpasotimes.com; 546-6381. Follow him on Twitter @EvanMohl